BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 813 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 18, 2011 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Felipe Fuentes, Chair AB 813 (Fletcher) - As Amended: May 11, 2011 Policy Committee: Public SafetyVote: 7-0 Judiciary 9-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: SUMMARY This bill: 1)Specifies that Sex Offender Management Board members are immune from liability for good-faith conduct taken under their legislative mandate. 2)Requires persons submitting an application for certification as a sex offender management professional to do so under penalty of perjury. 3)Provides that certified sex offender management professionals, who provide sex offender management programs and risk assessments, shall not be held civilly liable for any criminal acts committed by persons on parole, probation, or judicial commitment who receive supervision or treatment. FISCAL EFFECT Minor state costs, if any. To the extent this bill results in additional perjury charges and/or convictions, it is possible there could be increased state incarceration costs. It is, however, unlikely this bill would result in multiple perjury convictions. COMMENTS 1)Rationale . According to the author, "AB 813 will help the Sex Offender Management Board perform its role in protecting public safety by providing technical amendments and AB 813 Page 2 clarification within the Penal Code, and by limiting legal liability for treatment providers and the Board for good faith conduct performed pursuant to sex offender management." 2)Support. According to the Chief Probation Officers of California, this bill will help the Sex Offender Management Board perform its role in protecting public safety by limiting legal liability for treatment providers for good faith conduct performed pursuant to sex offender management. 3)The author has technical amendments . Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081